ECA Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation launched at CeQuInt Conference.
Around 150 participants from 20 countries attended last month the ECA Conference “Assessing the Quality of Internationalisation” in Paris France. The conference focused on quality in internationalisation and answered the most pertinent questions from a quality assurance perspective. In the framework of the CeQuInt Project co-funded by the European Commission, quality assurance and internationalisation agencies have developed and tested in 12 […]
ECA Certification Group is installed
ECA has installed its Certification Group – which ensures overall consistency for the implementation of the ECA Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation by a system of qualitative evaluations of the applied methodology, i.e. assessment procedures and reports. This Certification Group includes representatives of agencies with relevant expertise in the assessment of internationalisation. The Certificate is organised as […]
Joint Programmes in Ireland
The Higher Education Authority of Ireland has published a report by Dr Frank McMahon on “Joint and double/multiple degrees in Ireland”. The report lists the joint programmes that are being provided by Irish universities and other bodies with full awarding powers, the Institutes of Technology and private colleges. Institutes of technology have delegated awarding powers […]
Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation to be launched
At the occasion of the ECA Seminar in The Hague on 10 December 2014 the General Meeting of ECA approved the Terms of Reference for the Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation and agreed on the establishment of the Certification Group. This will enable the award of the ECA Certificate in 2015. More information will be available soon […]
Dutch government publishes new vision on internationalisation
Minister Bussemaker The Dutch government has published a letter to parliament with its new vision on internationalisation in HE and VET. An important aim is to redress the current imbalance between outbound and inbound mobility; there are less Dutch students studying abroad than there are foreign students studying in The Netherlands. As stated by […]
CNA Regional Meetings 2013: focus on Internationalisation
The presented document (in Spanish) is the outcome of Regional Meetings 2013 organised by the National Council for Accreditation of Colombia (CNA). c From July through October 2013, the National Council for Accreditation of Colombia (CNA) in the framework of its activities to promote a culture of self-evaluation for the purpose of accreditation, organised its Regional […]
New publication: internationalisation and quality assurance
Quality assurance is rapidly taking on a vital role when it comes to managing the increasingly complex internationalisation process. It is deemed essential in reaching institutional goals in a controlled manner. This publication additionally claims internationalisation is an integral part of maintaining and improving every institution’s reputation. Quality assurance is presented as something we can […]
EU Report on Progress in Quality Assurance in Higher Education
In 2006, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the recommendation on quality assurance in higher education. In this recommendation, the Council and the European Parliament invite the Commission to present triennial reports on progress in the development of quality assurance systems. In 2009, the first progress report on quality assurance in higher education in Europe was […]
